November 8, he added.
Kannauj: Hundreds of potato farmers in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, are in trouble. With no buyer and cash in the market, they are forced to discard their crop stored in cold storages.
The cold storage owners have also ordered the farmers to take out their produce. The farmers blame the demonetisation policy for their plight.
“Since note ban, nobody is ready to buy our produce and we are forced to discard our crop,” said Sonelal, a farmer.
Another potato producer, Mukesh Katiyar, said his potato loaded truck is stationed in the Mandi (market) for the last four days but there is no buyer. And the situation has worsened since
November 8, he added.
Not only farmers, the cold storage owners are also facing problems. December is the time when they get the storage cleaned.
“If such a situation continues, the crop of the farmers will be destroyed,” said Puneet Dubey, a cold storage owner in Kannauj.
Dubey says there should a food processing industry so that the potato crop could be utilised in times of crisis.
In 2015, the district saw a meagre potato crop due to poor weather conditions.
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